Basic Trope: A completely new character in a fanmade work.
- Straight: The Bob and Alice Show is about a group of adult friends who hang out together. The fanfic Chocolate Hours With Bob gives Alice a sister: Emily.
- Exaggerated: The fanfic includes hundreds of original characters, some of whom belong to other people.
- Downplayed:
- Emily is only a minor character in the fanfic.
- Emily is only mentioned once by Alice.
- Emily is considered as one of the characters in the actual show and she was Dummied Out mid-development, but a fan loved her concept so much they made a version of her for their fanfic.
- Justified:
- The characters live in a midsized town, so it must be home to other people.
- The characters are adults, so it's understandable that they have distanced themselves from their families.
- Inverted:
- Claire never existed in the fanfic.
- Dale dies in the fic.
- Subverted: "Emily" turns out to be Alice in disguise.
- Double Subverted: An actual OC, Meri, turns up later on.
- Parodied:
- Bob and the others keep forgetting about Emily, because she doesn't exist in canon.
- In an Alternate Universe shown in the fanfic, Emily has no counterpart, but all the canon characters do.
- Zig Zagged:
- The fanfic adds several characters, but also omits a few.
- Several original characters exist in the fanfic, but all are very minor characters, many are obvious Captain Ersatz of characters from other series, and in the Twist Ending, it's shown that several of them were disguises for Mallory.
- Averted: No characters are added or omitted.
- Enforced:
- Emily is the writer's best friend's character.
- Emily was created to fill a role which can't be filled by any of the canon characters without pulling them Out of Character or making the situation look contrived.
- Lampshaded: "I didn't know you had a sister, Alice." "Of course you didn't. She only just moved here from West Troperville."
- Invoked: Not applicable. (This trope is beyond the control of the characters.)
- Exploited: In both the show and the fanfic, George and Bob are both in love with Alice, but Alice only loves Bob, forming a classic Love Triangle. The writer respects that Alice and Bob are the Official Couple, but pairs George with Emily.
- Defied: "You know what?, i'm just going to stick to Alice being an only child."
- Discussed: "Unlike other people's fanfics, mine doesn't add any original characters. I'm a respectable fanfic writer."
- Conversed: "Why do all of these fanfics create more characters?" "I assume it's the writers' way of expressing themselves."
- Implied: It's a fan comic, and all canon characters appear, along with one other character who does not resemble any of them.
- Deconstructed: The fanfic is less likeable because it contradicts canon.
- Reconstructed:
- The fanfic is more likeable because it stands out, and besides, the show never explicitly stated that Alice didn't have a sister.
- Recurring Fanon Character
- Played For Laughs: Emily is a recolor of Alice.
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